What was found
TWO PREVIOUS O-RING FAILURES PROMPTED INSPECTION OF THIS ACTUATOR (SAME PART NUMBER AS RIGHT AND LEFT GEAR ACTUATORS). UPON DISASSEMBLY FOUND INCORRECT O-RING INSTALLED ON ACTUATOR PISTON. O-RING WAS DAMAGED, BUT HAD NOT YET FAILED.
- Difficulty date
- May 12, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4177R
- Make and model
- Piper PA34220T
- Aircraft serial
- 3449046
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- O-Ring
- Part number
- 484706
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Nlg Actuator
- Part time
- 228 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.